Wire ServicesDecember 2, 2020
1min480
It is not immediately clear where the new inmate deaths occurred.
Tag: prison deaths
Wire ServicesDecember 2, 2020
Martin DyckmanJanuary 20, 2015
8min213
Barely a month after Reubin Askew became governor in 1971, inmates at Florida’s largest prison began a series of sit-down and hunger strikes. Their keepers used excessive force – birdshot, bullets and beatings – to restore control. Askew took immediate ownership of the situation. He sent two aides to Raiford to investigate and overruled the […]
Martin DyckmanJanuary 20, 20159min207
Barely a month after Reubin Askew became governor in 1971, inmates at Florida’s largest prison began a series of sit-down and hunger strikes. Their keepers used excessive force – birdshot, bullets and beatings – to restore control. Askew took immediate ownership of the situation. He sent two aides to Raiford to investigate and overruled the […]